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RectoAmbROMANIEIAmbasada României şi Asociaţia Canadiană a Scriitorilor Români organizează la Ottawa, în cadrul Ambasadei, miercuri 21 octombrie 2015, prezentarea celei mai recente cărți a domnului Gilles Duguay, fost ambasador al Canadei la București.

Evenimentul din 21 octombrie 2015, de la Ambasada Romaniei la Ottawa, va fi difuzat IN DIRECT pe LiveTV from Canada LTV-RO, începând cu ora 18.30.

L’amour impossible de Marie, reine de Roumanie descrie rolul Familiei Regale în înfăptuirea Marii Uniri de la 1918, precum și implicarea Reginei Maria în realizarea acestui act istoric de o importanță deosebită pentru România.

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Publicul prezent la Ambasada României în Canada va avea ocazia să ia parte la un dialog dinamic și interesant pe tema cărții, între autorul ei și membri marcanți ai Asociaţiei Canadiene a Scriitorilor Români.

Domnul Gilles Duguay va răspunde întrebărilor publicului și va oferi autografe.

Informații suplimentare:

Autorul romanului, Excelenţa Sa, domnul Gilles Duguay, a fost ambasador al Canadei la București în perioada 1995-1998 și este pasionat de istoria României.
Gilles Duguay este membru de onoare al Asociaţiei Canadiene a Scriitorilor Români.

Curriculum Vitae (en english)

Gilles Duguay, a French Canadian, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Rhodes scholar, diplomat, Foreign Affairs of Canada (36 years) Ambassador, Minister for Cultural Affairs, Diplomatic Counsellor (thirty countries world wide) University professor (University of Montreal, Concordia University).

Education:

1955                           B.A. French Lycee, Stanislas College, Montreal
1955-1958                 Degree in law, University of Montreal
1959                           Member of Quebec Bar
1959-1960                 Post Graduate Studies, North-western University, Chicago
1960-1962                 Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University, United Kingdom

Work Experience:

1955-1957                 Lieutenant (reserve), Royal Canadian Navy
1958                           Canadian Pavilion, World Fair in Brussels, Belgium
1962-1964                 Professor at National School of Law and Public Administration (UN and Ford Foundation project) Leopoldville (future Kinshasa), Kinshasa, Zaire
1964-1967                 Professor of Law and Vice-Dean, Economic and Social Science Faculty, National University of Rwanda

Diplomatic Career

1967                           Joined Canada’s Foreign Service
1968-1970                Second Secretary, Canadian Embassy, Dakar, Senegal
1970-1971                 First Secretary Canadian Embassy, Ankara, Turkey
1971-1973                 Roving Counsellor (22 francophone African countries) from Dakar, Senegal
1973-1976                 Cultural Counsellor, Canadian Embassy, Paris
1977-1978                 Executive Assistant to Undersecretary of State for External Affairs
1978-1980                 Ambassador of Canada in Cameroon (also for the region: Chad, Central African Empire, Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe, with residence in Yaounde)
1980-1983                 Ambassador of Canada in Morocco
1983-1987                 Minister for Information and Culture, Canadian Embassy, Paris
1987-1989                 Executive Assistant to CEO of Power Corporation of Canada, Mr. Paul Desmarais. Montreal
1989-1995                 Canadian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Montreal
1995-1998                 Ambassador of Canada in Romania, Bulgaria, Moldavia, with residence in Bucharest
1998-2002                Minister for Cultural Affairs, Canadian Embassy in Paris
2002-2003               Vice-President, International Organizations, Montreal International, Montreal
2003-2006               Guest Professor, International Relations, University of Montreal, Guest Professor, International Relations, Concordia University

Publications:

1998                           « Joe Boyle, a Canadian Adventurer at the Service of Queen Mary of Romania », historical novel, ALL Printing House, Bucharest in French, Romanian version in 1999, Universalia Printing House.
2010                           “ Le triangle Quebec Paris Ottawa”, recit d’un ancien ambassadeur du Canada, Ed. Septentrion
2015                           “L’amour impossible de Marie, Reine de Roumanie.” Ed. Textes et Contextes

Language Skills:

Bilingual:                   French, English
Notions:                     Turkish, Spanish, certain African languages (lingala, swahili), Romanian

Family Situation: married to Cristina Covacevici Duguay